VA Man Who Poured Boiling Liquid On Woman Gets 6 Years In Prison

SPRINGFIELD, VA — A Springfield man who was found guilty of aggravated assault and other charges for pouring boiling liquid onto a woman was sentenced last Friday to six years in prison and three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Tesfay Teshale, 51, was found guilty on Aug. 16 by a jury in D.C. Superior Court of aggravated assault while armed, malicious disfigurement while armed, and assault with a dangerous weapon for an assault that occurred in June 2019.

Teshale had faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

In the June 2019 incident, the woman suffered second-degree burns on her body from the man pouring boiling liquid on her, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Teshale and the woman had dated, and when the woman decided to break off the relationship, Teshale stalked, harassed and assaulted her “because he could not handle the rejection,” prosecutors said.

On June 14, 2019, Teshale cornered the woman in Washington, D.C., punched her multiple times in the face, knocked her down, and, while she was down, poured an urn of boiling liquid onto her, according to prosecutors. Teshale then left her there, bleeding, badly burned, and in extreme pain, the U.S. attorney's office said.

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